You know, I really like you, but I really don't want to fall into a seven-foot deposit of snow

[sovay]

On being transplanted with her brother to the summer kitchen of my parents' house, Hestia almost immediately swarmed up the chimney and was only located by her small batlike mew. This was sub-optimal for several reasons, including the amount of time required for my father to make sure that the screen at the top of the chimney was secure. On the other hand, the resulting picture of our hearth-goddess peeping out like a Puritan familiar may have been the best part of the day.

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[rydra_wong]

SHE LURK.

[rydra_wong]

https://pancakeke.tumblr.com/post/683196310127591424

[sovay]

SHE LURK.

SO GOOD AT LURKING.

[pameladean]

Oh, her little judgemental face!

Long ago I moved my white cat Sukey Tawdry from Minneapolis to Hudson, Massachusetts, and the first day David went back to work after I moved in, she disappeared for some time and then began wailing and meowing from the inside of the furnace. I turned down the thermostat all the way -- it was November -- and called David, who was very dubious, but came home from work, no doubt wondering if this moving in together with cats was a great idea; removed the door from the furnace with some difficulty, and leapt back as a gray cat erupted out of the furnace and ran behind the water heater.

We had a gray cat for a couple of weeks. Fortunately we found the gap in the ducting where she had gotten in and secured it.

P.

[asakiyume]

YIKES. Good job you!

[vass]

That is some authentic catting.

[sovay]

That is some authentic catting.

She truly fulfills her calling.

[swan_tower]

Well done, Hestia!

Edit: I mean, not well done; rather alarmingly done, in fact. But what a picture, and what a pose.

[sovay]

Edit: I mean, not well done; rather alarmingly done, in fact. But what a picture, and what a pose.

Echt Hestia!

[sholio]

That is a delightful picture.

[sovay]

That is a delightful picture.

All credit to the model!

[umadoshi]

Oh no, Hestia!

But what a fantastic picture. ^_^

[sovay]

But what a fantastic picture.

Thank you! It helps to know a fantastic cat.

[asakiyume]

A LITERAL HEARTH GODDESS--YOU NAMED HER WELL

(and the photo is ADORABLE)

[sovay]

A LITERAL HEARTH GODDESS--YOU NAMED HER WELL

SHE SAW A HEARTH, SHE BEELINED FOR IT.

(and the photo is ADORABLE)

(Thank you.)

[mrissa]

Oh she is best.

[sovay]

Oh she is best.

She is.

[dewline]

I will not argue with this.

[sovay]

I will not argue with this.

Who would argue with the hearth?

[selkie]

The lore writes its damn self.

[sovay]

The lore writes its damn self.

And it reads, "Mew!"

[chanter1944]

*melts* Hi chimney-guardian kitteh!

What did Autolycus do while his sister was pulling a vanishing act?

[sovay]

Hi chimney-guardian kitteh!

I have seen her perching there several times since.

What did Autolycus do while his sister was pulling a vanishing act?

Renewed his acquaintance with my mother, I believe.

[thistleingrey]

Such an effective guardian.

[sovay]

Such an effective guardian.

You can even see the claws to prove it.

[larryhammer]

'Tis a most awesome photo, 'sooth.

[sovay]

'Tis a most awesome photo, 'sooth.

We do tell her often that she's awesome, in the seventeenth-century and current senses.

[movingfinger]

Oh no! She was trapped by the screen and could not fly off to become Queen of the Cats!

[sovay]

Oh no! She was trapped by the screen and could not fly off to become Queen of the Cats!

We did dub her the Cooler Queen!

[gwynnega]

KITTY.

[sovay]

KITTY.

EXTREMELY.

[sartorias]

That is such a great shot!

[sovay]

That is such a great shot!

Thank you!

[nineweaving]

That is one well-goddessed hearth. Baleful!

Nine

[sovay]

That is one well-goddessed hearth. Baleful!

Nothing is coming down that chimney, even if we do blaspheme the aspidistra.

[slipjig3]

O HAI, says she, as well she may

[sovay]

O HAI, says she, as well she may

Indeed!

[minoanmiss]

Kitty that is unbearably cute!

[sovay]

Kitty that is unbearably cute!

It's true!

[yhlee]

Hearth goddess kitty!!

[sovay]

Hearth goddess kitty!!

She is her own shrine.

[radiantfracture]

The smoke, felinified, hovers in the flue

What a wonderfully gothic photograph. It feels like the opening scene to a 1970s BBC production of

well something with witches

what a perfect sickle of a tail

[sovay]

what a perfect sickle of a tail

What a beautiful line. Thank you for making a hymn of her.

[ethelmay]

You really ought to frame that one.

[ethelmay]

Also, how neat that your parents have a summer kitchen. I have only ever heard about them when I was touring Orchard House.

[choco_frosh]

Belated yikes. But excellent photo!

[sovay]

Belated yikes. But excellent photo!

Thank you! Cats are great counterbalances.